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Maurice Raymond Shaw v. United States
1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 7064
| 9th Cir. | 1967
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374 F.2d 888

Maurice Raymond SHAW, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

No. 21026.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 17, 1967.

Michael L. Ohleyer, San Francisco, Cal., Richard G. Tatus, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U.S. Atty., She-by R. Gott, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

This is an appeal from a two count conviction of the possession of heroin. Appellant urges error in that (a) there should have been an instruction given, sua sponte, on entrapment (though none was offered), (b) there was error in the action of the Government counsel in allegedly exhibiting an alleged 'make sheet' on defendant so that the jury 'may' have observed it.

2

The defense in the court below was mistaken identity-- not entrapment. A defense lawyer relying on mistaken identity, as a matter of trial strategy, would not ordinarily favor the giving of an instruction by a judge, on his own motion, on entrapment. No instruction on entrapment was offered, and none required.

3

The trial court disposed of counsel's second alleged error. No record was made sufficient to raise the question on this appeal.

4

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Maurice Raymond Shaw v. United States
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: Mar 17, 1967
Citation: 1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 7064
Docket Number: 21026_1
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
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